Projects

Browse through our collection of selected research projects and discover the diversity of European cooperation in Lower Saxony!

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UMG scientist receives highest European award for early career researchers

Prof. Dr Hauke Hillen, head of the “Structure and Function of Molecular Machines” working group at the Institute of Cell Biochemistry at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), independent research group leader at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences and member of the Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells” (MBExC), will use the funding to investigate how the powerhouses of cells – the mitochondria – produce proteins.

Turning volunteering upside down

Voluntary work is often described as the backbone of our society. However, for today’s youth, it can be challenging and not very appealing to find their place within existing structures of organisations and to work on matters that are close to their personal interests or believes. This is where MIINTER comes into play.

EU project aims to establish optimal therapy for blood cancer

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) are among the most common forms of blood cancer in adults. Depending on the stage of the disease, patients receive chemotherapy, immunotherapy or a stem cell transplant. The so-called measurable residual disease (MRD) can be used to determine whether the leukaemia is responding very well to the therapy early on in the course of treatment.

ERC Grant for Prof. Philippe van Basshuysen’s studies on the influence of scientific models on reality

On 1 February 2024, a new ERC Starting Grant was started at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH). Prof. Dr. Philippe van Basshuysen has received the prestigious European Union funding to spend the coming five years researching how scientific models not only reflect the world but can also change it. His project MAPS – Managing Performative Science also develops strategies for dealing with this phenomenon in a better way.